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St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
; FALL FASHIONS.
NEW HATS WITH LOW CROWNS
AND WIDE BRIMS.
Ribbons Coming in Again and Forming
Part of the Trimmings of Bonnets-Cock's
Plumes and Ostrich Feathers-B1rds'
PIumage and Jet-October Costumes.

1t is now settled fact that in the new
hats for fall we are to have lower crowns
and wider brims. The bonnets, too, are to
be lower and broader, the trimming no
longer describing a sharp point IN front,
but more evenly dispersed over the fronts
and sides. Ribbons are more than ever
fashionable, forming part, a. least, of the
trimming of every bonnet and round hat.
They are produced this fall in bewilder-
ing array of new Weaves, and are, many
of them, extremely handsome. Striped
ribbons are the vogue, the stripes running
lengthWise, MORE alternating with satin,
gros grain or velvet, and the edge q
thick welt of satin, gold or silver threads.
Watered effects are seen in many OF the
new trimming materials high novelty
being the new watered velvets. These
come in all shades. Soft changeable silks
and surahs have also been largely i'm
ported, and promise, for time at least,
to be in high favor. There are ribbons
to match Of changeabe silk in every i'm
aginable combination, the edge generally
corded or showing a line of tinsel.
From this it will be seen that gold and
silver will be once more used in deco
rative millinery.
The use of cocks plumes is a noticea-
BILE feature in the trimming of the French
hats and bonnets recently brought from
Pa&s. Clusters of stiff quilts curled over
abruptly at the top trim the front and
often one side of,many of the round hats,
and are set upright on the smallest bon
nets between loops of ribbon. Ostrich
feathers will be largely used, both punches
of tips and long plumes becomingl y curled
over the front Of brims; with these, an
aigrette or small tuft of cocks plumes is
generally seen. A novelty are the shaded
feathers, in which two and sometimes
three and four colors are commingled.
Birds plumage is made much use of,
mainly of the tropical variety, though
whole birds are not 80 often seen. The
crusade against the wholesale slaughter
Of these winged creatures, merely to
crafty whim of fashion, has really had
some effect upon the public mind, and
women who before bought birds for their
bonnets without giving the matter a
thought now refuse to purchase them.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
THE HAVE BEENSs

There's wonderful land in the far-otf most
Where the never-present much
Has ever Of homes right gOOdly host,
Each built by wish of such.
IT'S the wonderful land of the mighl-have-
beens
And It's water'd by longings dear;
And the present is past in all its scenes,
And the future is always here
There Imagination may reign as god,
But each dweller inclosed is king
And ruler of part Of the dream-Gke sod
The rich soil of Anything.
IT'S paved with desires all rich and rare;
With hopes well assur'd at birth;
Each solitate lair is blissful and fair,
Like nothing on Mother Earth.
And there cometh long never-ending stream
Of visitors, wild and weird
From the child with infantile sunshine beam,
To the man with the hoar-frost beard.
And they wait but awhile to select their spot
And they gaze with devouring eye
And the faster things fade the more they
have got,
For they live while all others die.
There was never a moan in this sweeten'd
land:
There was never pang or dread:
There was never grasp of each others
hand
There has never word been said:
But solid shadows in shapes of song
The song of the heart at rest
Keep nimbly treading and fitting along
In this beautiful land so blest.
Where the birds eternally chirp with glee
And the zephyrs continual blow;
And down by a calm and placid sea
In verdue of heavenly glow;
And all that is plenty comes from naught,
And all that is sweet from sin;
Where all is so sure that no truths are
taught,
And none end when they once begin.
Will you hold It's a mockery? Say not so.
For reality's hard and stern;
And Providence gives Us the power to go
To the vista for which we yearn.
And this sunshine comes in the blacklist
nights,
As we 'scape from the earthly rod;
And our waking dreams are our highest
flights
Toward the acme of good and God.
-New York Mercury.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
A STREET ARABS CHARITY.
How Small Boy With a Big Heart Cav,
His Mite to Poor Cripple.

How Small Boy With Big Heart Gave
His Mite to Poor Cripple.
A poor little crippled lad who, with great
difficulty, supported himself on crutches
while he played Lutte in notes scarcely au-
dible amid the din and clatter of the street,
stood yesterday afternoon praying for char
ity ON the sidewalk of Fourteenth street,
near Sixth avenue, says the New York CON-
mercial Advertiser. No one seemed to notice
him, and his face was wan and pinched. He
evidently was suffering from hunger. and the
wearied, hopeless expression Of his face
of the endless stream of shoppers and other
passers-by seemed so much as to look at him.
A few feet behind, in the middle of the
street, little ragged boy was lodging in and
out among the cabs and carts playing with
ball. He looked the typical street arab
Suddenly he stopped short and stood watch
ing the poor little musician. For few mo-
ments he hesitated, then, with a smile, he
put his hand in his pocket and took some
ball up in the air and catching it as before.
Once he missed the ball and it rolled to
where the little cripple was standing. The
street arab ran after it, but when he reached
it, instead of picking up the ball he looked
furtively around to see that he was unob-
served. Then he whispered to the little
cripple and hurriedly dropped something
picked up his ball and was off around the
corner as fast as his legs could carry him.
The cripple put his hand in his pocket and
drew from it three pennies. Had the lad
who was running away to escape being
thanked seen the look of amazed gratitude
which spread over the cripple's pinched face
he would have been more than rewarded.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
THE LEMMING.
A Remarkable and Unpleasant Rodent
Which Inhabits Europe.


Which Inhabits Europe.
The lemming is a very remarkable rodent
which inhabits Northern Europe, and on
some occasions makes itself unpleasantly
conspicuous.
At uncertain intervals, such as ten or ff-
teen years, the jennings suddenly swarm,
literally in millions, and begin to march
southwark, devouring everything eatable.
They press straight onward, allowing moth
ing but perpendicular wall to stop them.
Even fire has but little effect upon them, the
leading Jennings being forced into it by
those behind until the fire is quenched by
their numbers, and the dead bodies of the
slain serve as bridges over which their COM
rades pass.
Not only do they eat all the heritage, but
the people say that cattle refuse to feed on
spots on which the Jennings have trod.
Sometimes they come to a river and enter it
with the same stolid Indifference which char
acteriZes all their proceedings. AS long as
the water is quite smooth they can swim
fairly and will succeed in crossing. But the
least ripple is said to be fatal to them.
Predacious beasts, such as wolves, foxes,
Wildcats, stoats, etc., accompany them and
feed luxuriously on them. So do predacious
birds, such as eagles, hawks and owls; and
CfCu G!C SCI LSu lLclI cucIulcS, Slldp-
ping them up as they are endeavoring to
cross the rivers. Fear is utterly unknown to
them, probably by reason of their want of
intellect, and although they will not go out
of their way to attack any one, they entirely
decline to make way for even man himself
They move in two vast columns, one pass
ing through Norway and the other through
Sweden. The end of them is always the same;
and supposing that they have escaped the
beasts, birds and fishes and have st1rmounted
the perils of fire and water, they are forced
into the sea and perish there Those which
take the route through Norway are forced
into the Skager-rack and Kattegat, while
those which pass through Sweden lose their
lives in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic
Then the country is freed from them, and the
inhabitants may be toleraby sure that at
least ten years must elapse before the lem
mings can increase sufficiently to make up
for the terrible losses which their migration
has cost them.
There is one little set off against the damage
which is done by the jennings. They are
very good to eat, and lemming cooked like
quail and served on toast is considered to be
quite dainty. They are very small to do SO
much damage, being scarcely six inches in
length.-Good !. ords.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
GOLD IN ALASk A.
Large Quantities of the Precious Metal
But Hard to Get at

Ex-GovernorS S. T. Hauser, of Montana, has
been in New York He made a summertrip
to Alaska, with Senators Vest, of Missouri ;
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Farwell. Of
Illinois, as his guests Chatting about Alaska
the other day, he said: ''Of course, all there
is to the country is seals and the new gold
discoveries. In all my experience | have
never seen such body of gold ore as | saw
in Alaska 1t is in cliff fronting the ocean,
and is go to 800 feet wide, practically mex
haustible in body. 1t is a rich quartz. Sem
ator Jones, of Nevada. has a fifth interest in
the mine Tredwell. the man who discovered
it, owns another fifth. There is probably
more gold in Alaska and there has been great
deal of prospecting to find it. The country
is covered with thick growth of underbrush
through which there are no trails or roads,
and it is almost impossible to prospect the
land on this account. In order to go through
the underbrush man must constantly stOOp
down and cut his way with an AK. 1t is a
delightful trip up the coast, but barren place
when one gets to Alaska.-New York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

C1I1lD 20 SUCH IUIIy
attitudes, have, it is averred by his country
men, been successful as well as unprece-
denied. The result of his labors and re-
searches has been communicated under
sealed cover to the National Academy
of Science. Among other matters of
interest it may be worth while Says
the Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph to mention that M.
Jaubert, of the Trocadero Observatory, has
begun to use the interior of hollow globes
of his invention for the study of astronomy,
and that during the exhibition of 1889 an
immense hollow celestial globe, 1O6 metres
in circumference, and representing with as
much vividness and accuracy as possible the
aspect of the skies, will be exhibited at the
TrOcadero.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

clined to enter into any theological dis
cussion, and without saying anything sat
down ON the curbstone.
"Did ye loike 'er, Duckey 2"
"Betcher life. She was the darndest
girl ever knowed,' said Duckey, enthu..
siastically. ''She cud play ball an
run as good as boy"
"Say, Duckey, how much money have
yez?" asked Mickey after a moments
silence.
"Pve got 'er dime, made shinin' this
mornin'. What yer want to know fur :"
cts foive cints Oh have of me own an
the tin the ould woman give me to buy
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

derskirt and vest of silver-gray foulard
spotted with blue.
With the delightful weather of Sep
TENDER and October still before us,
garden parties and outdoor fetes are
still in order. An elegant dress for
such an occasion is the one illustrated
of heavy cream-white bengaline, striped
with palest gray. The trimming is black
velvet. The skirt opens prettily in front
to disclose simulated petticoat com
posed of white lace rufies, and white
lace is fulled into the neck and crossed
in surplice folds on the bosom, forming
sort of vest. The hat worn with it is
of cream lace, trimmed with black
velvet, cream ribbon bow and spray
of jasmine flowers. NORMA BLAKE
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

Plaid ribbons are to be very much
worn, and there are plaid velvets and
soft silks in gay colors that are cut bias
or used to brighten up dark hats.
Jet is still used on bonnets, but only of
the finest kind. Long buckles, slides
and various fancy ornaments of fine cut
steel and iridescent metal hold down
high pleated pieces and soft draperies
on the front and sides of bonnets and
hats.
Dressy bonnets show novelty in the
use of black lace in conjunction with
velvet, part of the crown being trans
parent and covered with this material,
and part velvet, the face framed by soft
folds of lace, and lace and ostrich
feathers forming the top trimming.
Such bonnet is very handsome if made
of red velvet of bright shade and black
lace, with red ostrich feathers and let
aigrette.
According to an authority on such
matters, dresses of Cream-White cloth
are to be worn until late in the autumn
for visiting, ETC., even, it is said, until
furs are donned. But it is to be ques-
toned if this fancy will be followed
other than by the few "elegantes" who
seize with avidity on any fashion out of
the common. AS a suggestion for such
a costume, with a white cloth dress
made in strictest tailor-fashion lit is
needless to say it must fit and hang per-
fectly) the jacket worn is of golden
brown cloth, lined throughout with
white satin, and the hat brown felt
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
1COpUriqhted, ISL

Mickey Donavan was busy mixing soft
balls and throwing them over the iron
fence against the Little Bethel Methodist
Church. He had been working some
time and had about seven feet square of
the brown-stone front frescoed to his
satisfaction
Whiz bang! went fire cracker close
to Mickey's feet. For minute or two
he screamed with the shock and the pain
of an imaginary burn, jumping around
on one foot and clasping the other in both
hands. Then he caught sight of pair of
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
MICKEY'S COIN.
WHY HE VISITED THE PRIEST AND
HIS RECEPTION.

A Chapter in the Life of One of the Bows
of "Tin-pin Coort''-His Trouble With
"Duck' and its Settlement-Maggie
Smiths Death and it's Effect on the Lads.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

with a trimming
of brown velvet
and u prig h t
brown and white
W in gs. The
gloves are of
tan undressed
kid. An illustra-
ton of a pretty
white cloth cos
tune is given on
which the trim
ming u Sc d is
broad silver
braid. The side
panniers on the
s kirt are ar
ranged in a way
that is novel and
If tiv e, and
the braid trim
ming on the
basque is also
very pretty. A
second model is
a house-dress of
blue f GU | a T d,
with a plain nm
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

The King Of Spain, now seventeen months
old, commands a salary of 81, co., 900 year,
and yet there are times when he would give
it all for one bottle Of paregoric.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

remarkable feat.
He has camped for
the space of three
days and three
nights on the sum-
NIT of Mont Blanc
for the purpose of
making meteOro-
logical, physical,
and physiological
observations after
the mannerofaero-
nauts in a balloon.
His courageous eff
forts, despite his
suffe rim gs from
cold and from rare
fed air, as well as
the eXhaustioncon
seOl1pnt on his
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24


face and saucy pug nose. This was
"Ducky' Jones, so-called from the pecu
liar formation of two of his toes.
"Oh, We webfooted divil'' howled
Mickey ,clutching for loose cobble-stone
''jisht wait till ketch yeesn'
Mickey failed to find a stone, but in
stead got hold Of half-brick. Down
the alley he chased Duck to the corner
ofTen-Pin court. Here he threw the brick,
which rolled squarely on Ducks dirty
brown toes. 1t was the latters turn to
dance around on one foot and howl.
This be did vigorously. Suddenly he
stopped and said:
"Oi, Mickeyr'
"Phwat is ?" answered Mickey, who
had prudently waited about twenty feet
away, uncertain as to just how mad
Ducky was.
Come ERE"
"Phwat We want % asked Mickey, half
doubtful of the honorableness of Duck
ey's intentions.
Il wanter tell yer su'thin'."
can phwat is it yees wantin' ?" que
ried Mickey, as he edged up slowly.
I'm goin' ter lick yer for THROWN
that brick"-here Mickey put himself
in an attitude of defense-"but we
mustn't be fitin' yer"
can phwy thin? 2" asked Mickey, ready
to take advantage of any attempt to
crawtish on the part of his opponent.
Duckey's answer was backward jerk
of his thumb toward house in the rear
Mickey looked in the direction pointed
out. 1t was a soiled knot of white rib
bon fastened to the doorknob.
Mickey's fight was all gone now, and
his voice dropped almost to whisper
as he asked: "Whos did ?"
Mag" was the reply in the same tone.
For moment Mickey said nothing.
Maggie Smith was the prettiest, sauciest,
seven-year-old in the alley. She had got
ten Mickey into more than one difficulty.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24

lie always STOOD ready 10
take her part in any juve-
nile disagreement, and on
the alley that meant a
fight. His big brother
called her "Mickey's
swateheart in Tin-Pin
Coort."
"Whin ?" asked Mickey.
"'Smornin'."
can had she the praste,
I dunno
"Naw; her f olkses
wasn't no Cath lies"
Sure an she'd have to
have de praste or she'd
niver go to hiven," main
tanned Mickey, adding, as
a clincher, me mother
says So"
Duckey didn't seem in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-28
Equality Among the Gypsies,


In all social matters perfect equality is a
living principle The richest gypsy is of no
more account socially than my friend, Bob,
The tinker, here, whose big heart is always
turning his purse wrong side out and no one
s left out of counsel or frolic on account Of
poverty or misfortune while mutual help,
one to another, is universal among them.
The greatest affairs among them are we'd
iings and funerals. The courtng-always
lnder the severest espionage of parents-is
.sually done in the summer upon the road.
When the winter quarters are reached the
weddings follow in rapid succession, and fur
lish boundless recourse for feast and frolic :;
while some Of the gypsy funerals, and es-
pecially where the camp effects Of the dead
ire burned, which ceremony 1 have twice
witnessed, are occasions Of the greatest So
emnity, though always followed by merry
markings out of consideration for the mourn
ng ones, who must be given new spirit and
interest in life.
But In all things the gypsy is temperate.
Excess is athorred. Whether in the city win
er frolic, ct the gayest wedding, in all sing
ng dancidg and merry making, at rout and
reel on the green sward by the Pickering fires
and under the glowing stars, outcast that he
IS, there is a geniality, loyalty, cleanliness
and goodness Of just, right and equable de-
gree and kind in his every day life to those
ne owns and loves which cannot but be con-
,emplated with qualification and delight,
whether it be found in your home or in his.
Edgar L. Wakeman's Mystic Lake Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-28
A Gambler Decorated.

The French government, which some time
ago seemed to sympathize with the efforts of
the adversaries of Monte Carlo, that academy
Of suicide, has evidently changed its opinion
on this subject 1t has just decorated the
president Of the Societe DIES Jeux. II is hard
to explain why the government refuses to au-
thorize the establishment in France Of a So
ciety similar to that at Monaco, the president
Of which it decorates. The gamblers Of the
whole world might be attracted to Paris,
which for some time has complained Of being
less visited than it was, and they would
bring with them the animation and the profits
now taken to Monaco. But instead Of that
the government forbids at Nice, which is at
the very door Of Monaco, even the small
horse game, in which, with a run of bad luck,
one can lose twenty five francs in q day,
while at Monaco one can ruin himself and his
whole family in fifty minutes
1t is to be hoped, then, that the decoration
of the Legion Of Honor, bestowed on the
president Of the Society Of Suicides at Monte
Carlo, is the prelude to freedom Of gambling
in France and to the comforting of a right on
all Frenchmen to open gambling houses, and
by this means to win title to the decoration
of the Legion of Honor.-St. James Gazette.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-28
An Honor to the NAVY.

A service journal describes the appointment
Of the Prince of Wales as honorary admiral
Of the fleet as "a great honor to the navy" 1t
seems to me to be most fantastical puerility,
prince into ridicule and contempt. The
Prince Of Wales has merely received this ap
pointment in order that he may be qualified
TO wear another becoming uniform. There
seems to be no limit to the tailoring craze
which now prevails in what are termed EEK.
allied quarters" Even George w never went
to the length of getting himself made an ad-
miral 1t is grIevous resurrection of the
sort of fatuous extravaganza that prevailed
In the French court for century before the
northumberland Truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-28
Peculiar Actions of Drowning Persons.

al believe can tell just by the clutch how
many times a drowning person has been
down." musingly remarked Edward Horn, of
the ferry company, and the man who has
saved sixty-four lives 1.-THE first trip down
they go for you with a firm, decided clutch
that means they still know what they are
about. The second immersion causes shaky,
uncertain grip, which can be easily broken if
you so choose. 1t is the last time down that
the grasp becomes a convulsive, bewildered
one, and but few swimmers can save a per-
son after the unfortunate man has descended
for the third time. Almost invariably the
drowning man on his final journey below the
water will seize his preserver by the legs 1t
seems to be a law of nature, and one l cannot
account for. 1t would be easier to save a
whole river full of men than one drowning
woman. The odd feature of the latter's
struggle in the water is that she will seize
your hands if she can get hold of one or both
of them. A woman will drown quicker than
man. She opens her mouth from the time
she first strikes the water and never closes it,
and SO loses her senses more easily. Yes,
saw one person die Of strangulation while we
were under water together. His eyes were
wonderfully fascinating as he stared help
lessly at me. You may not believe it, but
they shone like two balls Of flre."-Detroit
Tribune,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-28

Tying the Empire sash is to be one Of the
questions Of the hour this autumn, and in
deed it already agitates the souls of the truly
fashionable. The effect desired may be
learned from French and English portraits,
but the secret Of producing 1t is-pins. A
West Pointer may fasten one end Of his sash
to the tent pole and wind himself up in it and
look well, but the girl who has an Empire
sash to keep in place secures the folds with
pins and so keeps them from making mar
row wisp in an hour. The long looped bow
looks after itself pretty well, but safety pin
among its folds does no harm, and another,
or even two, is not out of place among the
bows into which the long ends are knotted at
the foot Of the skirt.